Shape and sources of variations of the functional response of wildfowl: An experiment with mallards, Anas platyrhynchos

Oikos

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 488-496

  Fritz, H ^a   Durant, D ^a   Guillemain, M ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ANSER; PLATYRHYNCHOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034941195     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930314.x     Document Type: Article

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